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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Wandsworth 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFECTIVE DISEASES
TABLE I
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES | NO. OF CASES OF INFECTIVE DISEASES GROUPED IN AGE-PERIOD | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Under 1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65 and upwards | |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 403 | 13 | 61 | 69 | 95 | 34 | 30 | 81 | 20 | — |
| Encephalitis, Acute | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 33 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 648 | 4 | 25 | 37 | 145 | 210 | 126 | 43 | 42 | 16 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 3,212 | 86 | 613 | 874 | 1,559 | 45 | 20 | 15 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Infection | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia: | ||||||||||
| Acute Influenzal | 134 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 18 | 38 | 34 |
| Acute Primary | 132 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 18 | 44 | 32 |
| Poliomyelitis, Acute | 17 | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 99 | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 56 | — | — |
| Scabies | 14 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 329 | 4 | 20 | 63 | 166 | 55 | 16 | 5 | — | — |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis | 491 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 106 | 200 | 114 | 34 |
| Typhoid Fever and Paratyphoid Fever | 8 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Whooping Cough | 111 | 10 | 36 | 29 | 32 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Total | 5,647 | 129 | 775 | 1,097 | 2,035 | 386 | 371 | 453 | 275 | 126 |